How-To: Rebuild The PS3 Database For Better Speed

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How-To: Rebuild The PS3 Database For Better Speed

This is a good thing to do from time to time to keep your PS3 running smoothly and happy. I did this for the first time in over 4 years, so long over due. Earlier this week I was trying to watch some videos off the internal hard drive and it was lagging and sound came in and out for some reason.

So I thought I’d try to rebuild the PS3 database to see if it would fix it. It was perfect after that. So if you have other slow down, a weird glitch or maybe your trophies take a while to sync this would be wise to do. Check out the FAQ at the bottom of this post if you have any queries.

Turn off your PS3 so you see that glowing red light we are all familiar with.

Turn on your PS3 and HOLD the power button. Keep holding until it turns off.

Now turn it on again but this time it will be a little different. Press and hold the power button and you will hear. 1 Beep …. 1 Beep ….. then 2 quick Beeps at this point release the power button. If you release it to late it will just turn off again. Return to step 2 if this happens.

You will be greeted with a screen asking you to connect a controller with a USB cable.

Welcome to the PS3 Recovery Menu you’ve made it! Select option 4 “Rebuild Database” and press X. For info on what the other options do check out the FAQ tab.

After pressing X you will see this screen. Just select Yes to continue. Don’t worry this won’t takes hours. I have a 160GB hard drive and it took less than 5 minutes. Anyway after pressing X your PS3 will reboot.

If you have a HDMI cable you’ll see this screen. Obviously select yes. If you connect your PS3 another way you’ll get a simliar screen. Just select yes.

Press X and sit back and wait for a few minutes and let it do it’s magic.

The rebuild database in action, pretty exciting eh? Like I said earlier this took about 5 minutes for me.

After it’s complete your PS3 will reboot and your hard drive will be as happy as Sackboy is above!

FAQ

Question: What do I lose from doing this?Answer: It will remove messages received and sent. Any playlists you have set up. If you organize your games/videos/music/photos into albums or as I like to call them “folders” you will have to set that up again.

Question: Will this delete any game saves or game data on my PS3?Answer: No

Question: Will this delete any of my games, photos, music or videos?Answer: No

Question: Will this remove or effect my trophies in any way?Answer: No

Question: Will this work on any PS3 Console?Answer: Yes all PS3′s have this recovery menu.

Question: Will this damage my PS3?Answer: Not at all

Question: What about my other accounts on the PS3?Answer: You will not have to re-activate the accounts on your PS3.

I got a question : I just bought the Prince of Persia Trilogy through PSN and I can't even play it ! It constantly freezes. Will this help ?

I'm thinking it won't, are you sure it isn't a fault in the game itself? I know the disk version was fine but maybe the PSN version is off a bit? Try a Google search. Of course, it wouldn't help to try this but I wouldn't count on it. I would recommend re-installing the game.

I'm thinking it won't, are you sure it isn't a fault in the game itself? I know the disk version was fine but maybe the PSN version is off a bit? Try a Google search. Of course, it wouldn't help to try this but I wouldn't count on it. I would recommend re-installing the game.

Yeah I think its just the game. No other game freezes for me. I'll try re-installing it. Thanks for the help though bro. Glad you back in the site !